They’ll be fine, and wiser for the experience. Young minds are brittle. Oldsters, now, we’ve had some… — Scott Lynch
They’ll be fine, and wiser for the experience. Young minds are brittle. Oldsters, now, we’ve had some disappointments. We’ve set aside the notion that we’re the center of the universe, so our minds bend with strain instead of meeting it head-on.
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